Fireless cooker.



H. MOUK.

FIRELESS COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED IAII.6, me.

1 73,645. Patented July 23, 1918.

UNITED STATES i. '1 j l HUGO MDCK, OF NEW B RIGHTON, NEW YORK.

FIRELESS COOKER.

Application filed January 6, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Heco Mock, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Brighton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireless Cookers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, simh as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to inake and use the same.

This invention is an improvement ou the invention set forth in my .Patent No. 1,160,939 dated November 10th, 1915, and is designed to produce a similar tireless cooker having the additional advantages of great lightness and economy in manufacture.

Substantially the invention comprises a series of concentric bell shaped members of varying sizes resting over each other on an insulated base or bases, the heat insulating quality of the cooker being' dependent on the utilization of air spaces and the non-radiating qualities of metallic surfaces.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 presents a vertical sectional view through the cooker showing the parts assembled.

Fig. 2 shows a horizontal sectional view as on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a vertical sectional view with a different form of base and with the covers joined together.

Fig. 4 shows the covers disassembled as :for shipping purposes.

Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of a modified form of a collapsible type and Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the type shown in Fig. 5 collapsed.

Instead of making these bell shaped covers entirely of metal as set forth in my Patent N o. 1,160,939, for purposes oi convenience and economy, same can be produced of paper or cardboard having one or both surfaces lined with tinfoil. The purpose oi' this tinfoil coating is to prevent radiation of heat while not interfering with the heat insulating quality of the air zones scparat ing the various size covers.

Referring to the drawings, 10, 11 and 12 indicate bells eoncentrically arranged upon a base and each of these bells has a coating Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Serial No. 70,604.

of tinfoil 13 added thereto. Each bell is made of a sheet of cardboard or the like having its upper edge turned over as at 14 to form an enlarged upper edge to retain the heads. One end of each of the side walls is provided with a series of lugs 15 and the opposite end of each of Said side walls is provided with a series of slots 16 to receive the lugs 15 and thereby form a cylindrical wall. The side walls 10, l1 and 12 are cach pro` vided with circular heads 17, 1S and 19 respectively which will also be ot' cardboard or similar material covered with tinfoil.

' 'lhe base comprises the disks 20, 2l and 22 which may have the edges thereof depressed to 'form shoulders to receive the lower ends oit' the side walls 10, 11 and 12. The disk 20 may he provided with legs2414 and between the disks 20, 21 and 22 are spacing members 25, and 26 respectively and each of these spacing' members comprises an insulating plug 27 which may be detachably carried in sockets 2S formed on the disks 20, 21 or 22 as the case may be.

In Fig. 3 the heads 17, 18 and 19 are held together by fastening members 29 and 30 and in this figure there is shown a solid base 31, of non-conductin material such as wood, cork composition, fe t or other material.

Figs. 5 and 6 show a rectangular bell structure 32 having the end walls creased as at 33 and 34 to permit said end walls being folded and the head of said bell is creased as at 35 to permit said head being folded as shown in Fig. 6.

A cooker made in accordance with the description here shown has the advantage of great heat non-conducting qualities without the use of any heat non-conducting medium other than air and paper and at the same time is light and convenient to ship.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A tireless cooker comprising a series of downwardly opening paper hoods of varying sizes superimposed upon each other, said hoods being joined to each other at their tops by a common connecting member and a nonsheat conducting base adapted to act as a support for said hoods and the food containing vessel.

2. A tireless cooker comprising a series of downwardly opening hoods of varying sizes In testimony whereof I aiix my signature superimposed upon each other, said hoods 1n presence of two witnesses. being joined to each other by a, connecting member at their` tops and a dense non-heat HUGO MOCK' eonduetingbase adapted to act as a support Witnesses:

for said hoods and for the food containingl RosALINE REIDM,

vessel. Y l ALBERT M. DREIFUS.

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